17 May 2020
In a joint statement with the Center for Reproductive Rights, WGNRR urged the government to ensure availability of essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as part of its COVID-19 response.…
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15 May 2020
TAMTANG PUSHES FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO ABORTION IN THAILAND DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
In Thailand, SAAF grantee partner Tamtang is part of a network of pro-choice campaigners lobbying the Department of Health for improved abortion access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nattapat Jatupornpimol from…
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1 May 2020
HOW A NETWORK OF ACTIVISTS ARE HELPING WOMEN GET ABORTIONS IN ARGENTINA DURING CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
New SAAF grantee partner Socorristas En Red helps people across Argentina access safe abortion. This article in Time magazine features their work, and how they are supporting those seeking abortions…
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30 January 2020
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: ONIDS MEETS HEALTH ACTORS
Burkina 24 has featured the work of new SAAF grantee partner ONIDS – preventing the harmful effects of unsafe abortion on young women in Burkina Faso. ONIDS has been forming…
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28 August 2019
WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF ZIMBABWE’S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS MEAN FOR THE U.S.
Edinah Masiyiwa, Executive Director of Women’s Action Group (WAG) shares lessons learned from the restriction of safe abortion in Zimbabwe in Ms. Magazine. Read more about WAG’s SAAF funded project…
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18 July 2019
DFID ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR THE SAFE ABORTION ACTION FUND
The UK Government’s Department for International Development (DfID) has announced new funding to support the work of SAAF. This article in the Telegraph newspaper outlines the importance of providing reproductive…
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18 April 2019
GUEST COLUMN ON ABORTION RIGHTS IN ZIMBABWE
Edinah Masiyiwa, Executive Director of Women’s Action Group (WAG) in Zimbabwe calls for an end to unnecessary delays to safe abortion for rape survivors in Zimbabwe. Edinah writes, “We need…
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18 March 2019
PREVENTING UNSAFE ABORTION IN UGANDA
SAAF grantee partner, Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) is featured in this article detailing the implications of Uganda’s restrictive abortion law. Read more about CEHURD’s project here.…
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28 August 2018
CALLS TO EXPAND TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT IN ZIMBABWE
SAAF grantee partner, Women’s Action Group (WAG) have been instrumental in instigating a renewed campaign to expand access to legal safe abortion in Zimbabwe, a country. Here highlighting how the…
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